The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-03-18
WOMEN OF GENIUS.
Serving the Government for Less wages shan
Hen get.
Mrs. John A. Logan in Chautauquan.

partment, is considered one OF the
very best counterfeit detectors in the
world. Hundreds and thousands of
dollars have been thrown out by her
remarkable skill, after they had been
passed by less astute detectors. She
receives $500 per annum If she
we're q nan her salary would be much
larger. Miss Mary Van Wranken, q
graduate from Miss Porter's school
at Pennington, Conn, is considered
one of the very best law clerks
in the internal revenue. A gem
tlemam of high repuEe as q lawyer,
says that she will take up a case,
make a brief, and state the case more
correctly and in less time than any
one he ever saw. Miss Laura Mehau,
daughter of Mr.. Mehan, Mr.. Spofhord's
predecessor as Librarian of Congress,
has occupied a position in the Comp
troller's Office for many years, acting
frequently as Deputy Comptroller.
During Mr.. Delano's seavice as Comp
troller, she once filled his place for
six months when he was absent. Her
perfect knowledge Of everything in
this Office has made her an authority
whose decisions are never reversed by
her superior officer.
In the Fifth Auditors Office there are
many ladies into whose hands come
all Consulor reports, necessitating a
thorough knowledge of banking and
mathematics. What can be said of
this department can be well said Of
the others, for women are found in all
Of them. In the days of competitive
examinations many women passed
triumphantly the severest tests that
we're given by the Government, and
we have known instances when higher
mathematics were as easily solved
and rapidly passed over to the ex-
aminers as the simplest problems.
These, perhaps are phenomenal cases;
so it would be yith men. The ex-
aminer in one instance said: "This
woman deserves an $500 desk" she
got a $1,000 one, while the male clerk
beside her, receiving $1,000, often
called her to the rescue.
There are over q thousand women
Employed in the various departments,
rom the wage women or broom bri-
gade'' to those of the highest clerical
Glass. THERE'S no doubt that no otli-
Or body OF women workers in the land
smbodies so much culture and intel
igence. Many of them are remarkable
Tor literary and scientific attachments,
and the departments are bettered for
Il n xysao Ahaon +hAv,a. u~I WV all
Over the land are reaping the benefit
Of the lessons learned of what women
ean anddo accomplish in these depart
ments. Socially their standard has
aver been exactly what it was before
they entered the department, barring
the fact that ladies of eminent social
position have not the time to devote
to society that they had under SUMMER
skies; but>they hold their places Just
the same whenever they have the
time,
Miss Julian Gales, daughter OF Jo-
seph Gales, formerly editor and pro-
prietor of the Nation Intelligencer,
Dnce O. leader and belle in society, has
been for many years q clerk in the
State Department, commanding by
her efficiency and refinement the con
6dence and highest esteem of all who
knew her officially and socially. The
distinguished name she bears is in no
degree compromised by her, though
her duties debar her from participant
Ing in society affairs as she was won't
To do wher. fortune was kinder. Mrs.
Sarah Magruder, widow of Mayor Ma
gruder, filed a position in the Treas
hrer's Office with such ability and6del-
ity that she added luster to the fame
Of the Magruders.
Miss N. B. Cummings. now the LII
brarian Of the Department. of Justice,
is a daughter of a former Justice
Of the Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania,
and Is REGARDED as one of the best an
thorities on law books in the country.
She is literally an encyclopaedia of re-
ports, rendering invaluable aid TO the
lawyers who use the extention library
of that department.
Many ladies have stepped from the
departments in the position of honor
ed wives, Luxurious homes and places
of the highest social standing. Miss
Camilla Webb, daughter of a
former banker in Washington, one
of the greatest beauties in this
city, was a clerk in the Office
Of the Comptroller of the Cur
rency for some years. She mar
ried Baron Won HARE, Ambassador
from Netherlands, and is now one OF
the Queens household. Mrs. B. III.
Brewster, the daughter of Robert J..
Walker, formerly Secretary OF the
Treasury, filed q position in the
Treasury for a long time when the
shadow of adversely came upon her
and her aged and unfortunate father.
Mr.. Brewster, visiting the department
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